AT&T says outage not caused by cyberattack

AT&T announced Thursday night that based on an initial investigation, the outages that occurred across the country earlier in the day were not caused by a cyberattack.

“Based on our initial investigation, we believe this outage was not caused by a cyber-attack, but rather by the incorrect application and execution of processes used when expanding our network,” the company said in a statement. post X, formerly Twitter

“We continue to evaluate to ensure we continue to provide the service our customers deserve.”

The previous company post He said this Thursday evening.[a]”Wireless service has been restored,” he said, apologizing for the disruption.

Thousands of outages affecting the wireless giant’s network were reported Thursday morning, with most concentrated in Houston, Atlanta, Miami and Chicago, according to DownDetector. The power outages appear to have started early in the morning and had increased to more than 70,000 by 8 a.m., according to tracking sites.

“Some customers are experiencing wireless service interruptions this morning. We are working urgently to restore service to them,” AT&T said in a statement to The Hill earlier Thursday. Stated. “We recommend using Wi-Fi calling until service is restored.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and FBI were investigating the failure. The Federal Communications Commission also said the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security is actively investigating the incident.

White House National Security Adviser John Kirby said authorities are also investigating the outage and are working with network providers to “look at what we can do from a federal perspective to assist with the investigative effort.” “I am doing so,” he said.

“We’re going to seriously consider this,” he told reporters Thursday. “We’re going to work with industry to see what we see…but we’re told at this time that AT&T has no reason to believe this is a cybersecurity incident.”